FOREST AND STRBAM. 



a 



jiportttmen' s pontes. 



Chesapeake & Ohio RR 



The Route of the Sportsman and Angler 



to the Best Hunting and Fishing 



Crounds of Virginia and 



West Virginia, 



Comprising those of Cemral au>1 Piedmont, Vtrglrta 



Bine Ridge Mountains, Valley of Virginia, AUl 



Mountni'.H Greenbrier and New Rivers, no l K.an- 



awtia V; Hnfga-ue 



•nd osh, de-r, bear, wild turkeys, wild '.(not;, arouse. 



Siatl, sntpi\ wooococa, mountain trout, baas, piice, 

 ckerel. e.c. etc 



Guns. Boning tackle, and one dog Tor each sports- 

 man carried tree. 



The Route of the Tourist 



through tue most boauilful aud picturesque scenery 

 of the Virginia Mountains to their moat, famous 

 watering places and summer resorts, 



The Only Route via White 

 Sulphur Springs. 



Railroad connections at Cincinnati, with the West, 

 Northwest and Southeast; at Gordonsvillo, with the 

 North and Northwest; and it Kicimond and Char- 

 lottesville with the South. Ail motJem improvement* 

 in cqalpm-nt. 



UO>WAY R. HOWARD. 

 Gen Passenger and Ticket Agent, 

 an Richmond, Va. 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers of this Line reach some of the finest 

 waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the coun- 

 try. Connections direct for Oliincoteague, Cobb's 

 Island, aud points on the Peninsula. City Point, 

 James' River. Currituck, Florida, aud the mountalu- 

 Ous countrv of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 steamers sail Mondiy, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- 

 urday. Lewes, Del.. Tuesday and Friday at 2 p. M. 

 Fall information given at office. 197 Greenwich St., 

 New York. sep28 ly 



St. Louis, Minneapolis 



AND 



ST. PAUL SHORT LINE. 



Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars 



between St. Louis, Minneapolis 



and St. Paul. 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'rth'rn 



QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAJNS EACH WAY DAILY, 

 between B irlington, Albert Lea and Minneapolis, 

 crossing and connecting wth all East and we^t 

 Lines in Iowa, ruuulng through some of ihe finest 

 bunting grounds in the Northwest tor Geese. Ducks, 

 Pinnated and Huffed Grouse and Quail, sportsmen 

 and their dogs t j Ren good care of. Reduced rates 

 on parties 01 ten or more upon application to General 

 Ticket Offlcet Cedar Rapids. C. J . IVES, 



B.P. Winslow, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



■ ,General Manager. tf 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, M\Y, 27, ISIS.— 

 Ferrybo-ts leave New York from James Slip 

 (daily except, -hindavs) so minutes, and from Thirty- 

 fourth street, East Kiver (daily) 15 minutes previous 

 to departure of trams, and from South Wall street. 

 Ful-on and i 'sttiarl. e f-rries (dall ) SO m mutes pre- 

 vious to departure of tralus Lain Donot, corner blut- 

 bnsh and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn. Trains leave 

 Brookvo ami Look island City (Hunter's Point) as 

 follows : Pur Gn-enpo t, Sag Llarhor, etc., 8:3.0 a. m.. 

 i ie. m., and on Saturdays at. gdtl r. ,«. For Parch- 

 ogue, etc.. 9:80 a. m., 4:S ■ and 6 PM. For Babvlon, 

 etc., at 9:3(1 a. M . 4, 4:30, 5 ai'd 6 P. It, For Port 

 Jefferson, e c, at in a. m. and 4:30 i-.-m. For North- 

 port, etc , at l" a. m , B:30, i 30 aud 6:80 p. m. Far 

 Locust Valley, at K::t" and 10:0u a. m., 3:8.i, 4:30, 6:30 

 and 6:30 p. m. For Far Ro:-kuw«y, e c, at 9:3(1 i. li., 

 4, 4:3", 5, "ml 7 P. m. For Garden city aud Hemp- 

 stead, 8:Joaud 10 ». M., 3:30 *:S0, 6:80 6:80 p. M., and 

 14:18 night, an- from Long I lane i 'try only 9:30a. m., 

 1:80 and 6t8(> P. M. SUNDAYS— For P. rt Jefferson, 

 Patchogue, etc., 9 A. M. Babylon, etc., « -and 7 p. M. 

 Northporl aud Locust Valley, 9 A. M. and 6*1 p. si.. 

 Garden i ltv and Hempstead 9 a. m., 2:30 and 6:30 

 p. M., and from Long lsl .nd CI y only 9:»0 ». M . and 

 RSOP. », Trains for Rockaway Beach, Flushing, 

 College Point, Jamaica, etc., as per time tables. 

 Ticket offices in New Y..rk at 261 Broadway, corner 

 Warren street, at James Slip and Ttiirty-fo-irth 

 street ferries, at the offices of " The Long Island 

 Express," 3 Park place, 7S5 and 942 Broadway aud 

 Grand Central Depot ; in Brooklyn, No. 833 Wash- 

 ington street aud 79 Fourth street. By purchasing 

 tickets at any of the above offices, baggage can be 

 checked from residence t,n destination. 



8. SPENCER, Genl Snpt. 

 J, Chitonden, Gen'l Pass. Agent. jet! tf 



MALLORY'S LINE 



OF 



DIRECT STEAMERS TO 



Jacksonville & Fernandina 



FLORIDA. 



STEAMEH 



WK3TEHN TEXAS 



WILL BAH FOR 



JACKSONVILLE, 



Fridays-Fob. 21, and March 1 and 81. 



STEAMER 



CITT OF DALLAS, 



WILL 8AIL FOB 



FERNANDINA, 



Friday*— Feb. 14, 28, and March 14 and 28. 



Railroad and steamboat connections made at each 

 port for all points In the State. 



C. EL MALLOEY k CO, Agents, 



Pie* 30, East River. Mew Tors City. 



J %}otel& and Resorts $01* ^pprtsmeq 



TO SPOETSIEN: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA B.R. OO. 



Respectfully Invite attention to th» 



THE TJSDEBalGNED has a fresh water lake o 

 ten acr. -. wed adapted for trout, with twertv 

 sens of headttrndr.on both fides of sirenm. Very 

 I \a uable Tor breeding troughs, ttc. I ono free Ol 

 P'ko. Tr ii' in at. rreseut w-iifinrg four to eight 

 ounc-'S Will ren , wi'h accoinrnodail .ns lor keep. 

 .'■ boats, a 



HTordeo by their lines for reaching moit of the 

 TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES In the 

 Middle Slates. '1 hese lines being CONTINUOUS 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid thedinl- 

 oulties and dangers i, f reshipment, while the excel- 

 ■ent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks en- 

 ible STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failurs 

 51 Injury, 

 The lines of 



Pennsrlrani Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 

 GUNNING AND FISHING 



,ii Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of thecompan- m 

 ill the principle cities te KANE, RENOVA BED- 

 FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MlNNEQUA -■- 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Flaking Wing Shooting, and 'Mill 

 Hunting. 

 Also, to 

 I'UCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN. CAPE MAY- 

 SQUAN. and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. 



FOR FLORIDA 



FOR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA 

 JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, 8 AN 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and Intermediate landings 

 on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and Interior points In j 

 FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

 oy railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, 

 aeneral Agent. 



Philadelphia and Southern Mail 8. S. Co., 

 Pier 23 South Delaware Aven ne, Phlla. 



Decli-ly 



FOR 

 New Haven, Hartford, Spring- 

 field and the North. 



The new and elegant steamer C. H. NOP.THAM 

 leaves Pier No. as, East HlVsT, daily (Sundays ex- 

 cepted), at i r. M. Passengers go North and East at 



* NJGHT LINE.— The Continental leaves New York 

 at 11 p. M„ arrving inNewHavcuiu time for the 

 early morning trains. 



Merchandise forwarded by daily Express Freight 

 train from New Haven throuzh to Massachusetts, 

 Vermont, Western >ew Uimp-<hlre, Northern New r 

 Tort and Canadi. Apply at Oitlce on Pier or to 

 RICHARD HE' K, General Agents. 



fofqls mit$$esiu;tsfi>r gpmtginen. 



Sherman House, 



(CLARK AND RANDOLPH); 



CHICAGO. 



Rates reduced to f* per day for allrooaia above 

 the parlor floor, without baths. 

 Rooms with bathe, $3.50, $4, and $1.60 per day. 



ALVIN HULBERT, Prop'r. 



We challenge any Hotel In the World to show as 

 large and as eegantly furnished rooms as those of 

 theSHslRMAN. Je80 tf 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



SPRINGVTLLE HOUSE OR 8PORTSMEN'8 HE. 

 TREAT, 8H1NNECOCK BAY, L. L, 

 Br a practical gunner and an old barman. Has 

 always on hand the best of boats, batteries, etc., 

 with the largest rig of trained wild-geese decoys On 

 the coast. The best ground In the' vicinity of New 

 York for bay Bnlpe shooting of all varieties. Special 

 attention given by himself to his guests, and satis- 

 faction guaranteed. AddreBB WM. N. LANE, Good 

 Ground. L. I. Nov8 tf 



ARLINCTON HOUSE, 



GAINESVILLE, FLA. 



This popular house is located in the highest and 

 dryest portion of F orlda, on ihe 1 ne of railroad be 

 tweeu Fernandina and Cedar KeyB. The ashing is 

 unsurpassed, black bass beli g lareer and more 

 abundant, than any plice in the South. The shoot- 

 ing Is the flne-t in the 8tate. yuan, English snipe, 

 dncke of every kind, deer, etc., ere very plemv, and 

 afford th» cuotcest sport to the hunter, while the 

 ARL^GTON, being strictly nrst-ulasH In all its ap- 

 polnimeu-.B »nd cuisine unexcelled, makes this favor- 

 ite winter resort without a rival in the South. 

 Terms moderate. Address J. B. WISTAR. 



febfttt 



THE 

 HAZAKJJ POWDER (JO 



MAKtTACTlJHSB8 Or 



GUNPOWDER. 



Hazard's "Electric Powder." 



Vog. l (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed Id point ol 

 strength and cleanliness. Packed In square canis- 

 ters ol 1 lb. only. 



Hazard'* "American Sporting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters ant 

 6=sr lb. kegs. A fine gram, quick and clean, foi 

 upland prairie shooting. Weil adapted to ahot 

 guns. 



Hazard'* " Duck Shooting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). In 1 and 8 to. canister* 

 and6=i aud \i)4 lb.' kegs. Hums slowly and ver\ 

 clean shooting remarkably close and with great 

 penetration. -For Bel • r shooting, It 



rank*- anyuther brand, aud it is etfuajly serviceable 

 for muzzle or breech-loaders. 



Hazard's " KenlucUy Klfle." 



,'WG, PEG, ana "Sea-Shooting" FG, in kegs if 26, 

 ■ 6 i is, and canaof 51bs.«fFFG is also 



packed in i aim % lb. c misters. Burns strong and 

 moist. The FFFG and FFG are ftvorite hrands for 

 ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG is 

 ;.he standard Ritte powder of the country. 



Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. 



50VERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER; 

 ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES rOH EXPORT, OF 

 ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF, MANV 

 FACTORED TO ORDER 

 The above can bo had of deaiers, or of the Com- 



jany's Agents In every prom*n8nt city, or wttoleeete 



it our office 



88 WALL STREET, NEW YK{'(, 



GUNPOWDER. 



DUPONT'S 



Rifle, Sporting and Blasting 

 Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE 



Duponi's Gunpowder Mills, established in 1801, 

 have maintained their great, reputation for 18 years. 

 Manufacture the following celebrated brands of 

 Powder : 



DUPONT'S DIAMOND GRAIN, 

 Nos. 1 (coarse) to 4 (fine), nneqitale.' In strength 

 quickness and cleanliness; adapted for Glass Bal 

 aud Pigeon Shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE DUCKING, 

 NOs. 1 (coprie) to 3 (fine), burning slowly, strong and 

 clean ; gri-a' penetration; idaptea. for Glass. Ball, 

 PijSficm, Duck and other shaotin^ — 



DUPONT'S EAGLE RIFLE, 

 A quick, strong and clean Powder of very line grain 

 for Pistol shooting. 



DTJPO.MT'S RIFLE, FG., "SEA SHOOTING," 

 FFg and FFFg.— The Fg for long-range rifle shoot- 

 ing, the FFg and FFFg for general use, burning 

 stioogand tool t. 



SPORTING, MINING. SHIPPING AND BLAST- 

 l>GPOA'DEKS of all sizes and descriptions. 8pecial 

 grades for export. Cartridge, Musket, Cannon, 

 Moitar and Mammoth Powder. -U. S. Government 

 standard. Powder manufactured to order of any rc- 

 qulied grain or pi oof. Agencies in all elites and prin- 

 cipal towns throughout the U S. Represented by 



F. L KNEELA.ND, 70 Wall St. N. T. 



Fg or FFg 



Laflin & Rand Powder Co. 



No. EG MURRAY ST., N. Y., 

 Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of 



Orange Lightning Powder. 



No. 1 to 7, Btrongesfand Cleanest made, in sealed 

 1 lb. cantters. Higher numbers specially are recom- 

 mended for breech-loading gnns. 



Orange Ducking Powder, 



For water-fowl, strong and clean. No. t to 6 In 

 metal kegs, 6# lbs. each, and canisters of land* 

 lbs. each. 



Orange Rifle Powder. 



The best for rifles and all ordinary purposes. 

 Sizes, FG, FFG and FFFG, the last being the finest. 

 Packed in wood aud metal kegs of 25 lbs., 12* Tot 

 and 6,V lbs., and in camsterB of 1 lb. and Y% lb. 



All of the above give high velocities and less 

 *»lduura than any other brands made, and are re- 

 TOiumended and used by Oapt. A. H. liOGARDUJi, 

 the •'Champion Wing Shot of the World." 



All of the above give high velocities, and less 

 residuum than any other hrands made, and are re- 

 commended aud used by Oapt. A. H. BOGARDUS, 

 the "CbfunpiOl I Id." 



BLASTING P'J'Vt'i'.H. aud RTLECTRICAL BLAST- 

 ING APPARATUS. MILITARY POWDKR 

 Of all kluris 0'i hand and made to order. 

 Safety Fuse, Friotioaal and 

 Platinum "'uses. 

 Pamphlets, showing sizes of the grata by wood- 

 cut, sent free on application to the above address. 



$112,400 



GRAND DISTRIBUTION! 



Commonwealth Distribution 

 Company. 



By authority of the Comraonwelth of Kentucky. 



Drawin; and details under hupervson of promi- 

 nent ei Z"ns of Kentucky, in public, In the city of 



Monday, March 31 1879. 



NO SCALING ! NO POSTPONEMENT! 

 FRIZES PAID IN FULL. 



XX* CASH 

 DISTRIBUTED. 

 TICKFTpi ONI, V $8. 



Unparalleled Success of the Popular Drawing* 



Read the following ai tractive Hit of prizes for the 

 March drawing: 



l Prize $30,COfi 



1 Prize 10,000 



1 Hrlze s,O0O 



10 Prizes $1,0^0 each 10,(K)0 



20 Prizes SOOeach 10,000 



100 Prizes lOOeach 10,000 



200 Prizes 50 each 10,000 



600 Prizes 2"- each .-...12,000 



1,000 Prize* lOeach 10,000 



9 Prizes $300 eaco, Approximation Piizes, 2,700 



Prizes «200 is h 1,800 



9 Prizes $li|0 each 900 



1,9fc0 Prizes ' $113,400 



Whole Tickels. »2. V nil Tickets, 91 

 87 Tickets, 850. 55 Tickets, »IOO. 



Remit by Post Office Money Order, Registerad Let- 

 ter, bank draft, or express. In < i st of drawings 

 published nLinlsville Courierjovrnafanti ^ew York 

 ■ ■ ..'.'in-i ma led to all ticket holders. Fortt'cketa 



:l ",'iiiat.ion address COMMONWEALTH Dig- 

 TnlB 1IO CO, or T. .1 COMMERFORD, Sec'y, 

 Courier Journal BulMirg, Loui-ville, Ky., or B. H 

 PORTEk * co.lasteru Agents, 1,227 Broadway 

 N.Y. 



MANUFACTURER OF 



Fine Silk and Felt Hats. 



SHELLS LOADED 



WHITE'S PATENT LOADER 



will increase the patters 26 to 50 per cent. Will 

 paper shells, and la one of the moat rapid 

 loaders In ubo. For particular* address 



CRAWFORD & LOVELL, 

 Iecl9 3m ' Savannah, Q», 



New York Shooting Coat, 



MADE OF VEr,T£TEEN, CORDUROY, 

 FUSTIAN AND CANVAS, 



I have just Imported a Corduroy of tue dead grass 

 color, specially adapted as regards weight, color ana 

 streugth for a 1 Binds of shooting. I will malso to 

 order : Coat, $15 ; Vest 15; Pan's, $7 ; Cap, 12 2.1 ; or 

 Suit complete, $20 Sportsmen will and my Shooting 

 • to have more desirable points than any 

 other goods of the Kind in the inarKet. Refer to many 

 sportsmen who have worn them. Send lor sample! 

 and rules for measurement. 



P. L. SHELDON, 



janlG tf Rahway, N. 3. 



$66 i 



LB^U 



.ira ion. T*m» i 



$5 0# 



A complete suit, including cap, for 10 M 



Three of the best fish hooks In the world lor .. W 

 Practical Hints on Dog Breaking, a pamphlet . X 

 The finest kennel of setters and spaniels In th« 

 vVeat. catalogue Bent on receipt of a S-cant stamp. 

 Iddrees 



HOI.ABIRD, Sportsmen's Clothier, 

 SH9 tt VALPARAISO, IND. 



THOMAS W. PEYTON, 



ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, 

 NOTARY PUBLIC, 



No. 1« Bboadwat, Room so, n«w York Cut, 



AU badness promptly attended to. 



